1) As it says in the description, this is not how the scene will play out in the episode. I found myself writing YGOTAS 72 and being unable to focus or do anything lighthearted/funny with anything, more a struggle to stay centered than any wild emotional response. So I tried to vent a lot of those feelings into a separate side script, which ended up being this.

2) This is not a political statement. I saw an enormous number of friends, fans, and family who were becoming increasingly desperate and hopeless and upset, and I felt powerless to help. This is simply a message to them, and to anyone who feels they have no hope left in the face of uncertainty. Yami is not Hillary Clinton. Joey is not Hillary Clinton. They are Yami and Joey, two goofy ass abridged series characters from an anime called Yu-Gi-Oh. And through them, I wanted to speak to my friends and loved ones who need to hear something, anything to dispel or reduce their fears, rational or otherwise.

I do what I do to try and make people feel less shitty. I often fail. But I still try.